Advisory board

Re-Imagine Europa’s Advisory Board is the most important body of the organisation, bringing together experts, policymakers and civil society representatives from across Europe on behalf of different sectors, disciplines and political perspectives.

The Advisory Board is crucial in developing Re-Imagine Europa’s long-term strategy and priorities.

Valéry Giscard d’Estaing †

President

Maria João Rodrigues

Chair of RIE Advisory Board, former Minister, Former MEP and advisor to EU Presidencies, full Professor of European Economic Policies

Elisabeth Ardaillon-Poirier

Member of the Scientific Committee of the Robert Schuman Foundation; Senior Policy Adviser on EU Affairs; Member of the Club of Venice

Brando Benifei

Member of the European Parliament, former President of Spinelli Group and former Vice President of the European Movement International 

Elmar Brok

former Member of the European Parliament and former President of the Union of European Federalists

Manuel Castells

Sociologist and former Minister of University of the Spanish Government

António Damásio

David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, as well as Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, at the University of Southern California

Paolo De Castro

former Member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Agriculture of Italy

Isidro Fainé Casas

Chairman of “la Caixa” Foundation and CriteriaCaixa

Lisa Gansky

Thinker, author, serial tech entrepreneur

Caroline de Gruyter

Journalist and Author

Aart Jan de Geus

Independent Supervisor and Advisor

Enrico Letta

President of Jacques Delors Insitute, former Prime Minister of Italy, former National Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party, Founder of ‘Scuola di Politiche’ in Italy and former Dean of the Paris School of International Affairs - Sciences Po